02/17/12: The National Journal reports that Republican committee leaders announced a competing cybersecurity bill on Thursday even as Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman sought to consolidate support for his comprehensive proposals. Lieberman is pushing his Cybersecurity Act of 2012, which would increase government oversight of some private networks like electric grids, water systems, or transportation, which could be at risk of cyberattacks. The Department of Homeland Security would be responsible for determining which businesses should be considered critical infrastructure.
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11/11/11: CNN reports that victims and families of those killed in the Fort Hood massacre are asking compensation totaling $750 million from the government for failing to stop the attack. Eighty-three administrative claims were filed last week, saying the Army, the FBI, and the Justice and Defense departments are guilty of gross and willful negligence for not recognizing that the man charged in the shootings, Major Nidal Hasan, was a threat.
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11/02/11: The Miami Herald reports that China has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to do more to strengthen nuclear safety and to use lessons taken from Japan's crisis to improve the handling of emergencies. Wang Min, a Chinese delegate to the United Nations, said Tuesday at a UN session on the IAEA's annual report that the body should work to restore confidence in atomic energy shaken by the meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant caused by the March earthquake and tsunami.
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09/22/11: The Washington Post reports that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the government’s main disaster aid account is “running on fumes” and could be tapped out by early next week. Napolitano says she’s counting on Congress to provide more aid money because without the additional relief dollars, there will be delays in getting disaster projects approved. She wouldn’t say what arrangements the Federal Emergency Management Agency has made to prepare in the event the money runs out.
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